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NCLEX Nutrition
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
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1. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
apple is higher risk than a pear
liver and intestinal synthesis
3 cups
starches - sugars - and cellulose
2. What is normal albumin levels?
vitamin C - citrus fruits
can consume more calories without weight gain
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
3. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
trans fatty acid
low albumin levels < 3.4
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
protein
4. What are healthy sources of fats?
prealbumin levels
4 calories/gram
can consume more calories without weight gain
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
5. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
dark green - orange - drybeans
4 calories/gram
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
6. Where can you get more vitamin D?
dairy and fortified foods
diet recall
3 cups
transferrin
7. Fats can lead to some medical problems
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
5.5 ounces/day
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
500 cal/day
8. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
4 calories/gram
dark green - orange - drybeans
review of systems
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
9. The higher the BMR a client has --
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
can consume more calories without weight gain
carrots and sweet potatoes
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
10. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
atrophy or wasting of muscle
hemoglobin
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
11. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
liver and intestinal synthesis
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
dark green - orange - drybeans
hemorrhage
12. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
hemorrhage
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
essential amino acids
5.5 ounces/day
13. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
3 cups
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
can consume more calories without weight gain
14. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
4 calories/gram
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
atrophy or wasting of muscle
15. What type of people need extra protein?
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
dark green - orange - drybeans
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
review of systems
16. What foods have high quality protein?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
one tspn salt or less
transferrin
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
17. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
liver and intestinal synthesis
protein
TPN total parenteral nutrition
day week or month
18. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
hemoglobin
5.5 ounces/day
2.5 cups
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
19. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
albumin levels
vitamin C - citrus fruits
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
20. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
milk - enriched grains
protein and fat
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
cream cheese - cream or butter
21. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
18-25
500 cal/day
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
22. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
apple is higher risk than a pear
antioxidant - immune function
6 oz. a day
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
23. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
fat soluble vitamins
liver and intestinal synthesis
review of systems
24. What is the function of vitamin C?
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
5.5 ounces/day
review of systems
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
25. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
milk - enriched grains
starches - sugars - and cellulose
3 cups
essential amino acids
26. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
diet recall
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
dairy and fortified foods
300 cal/day increase
27. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
day week or month
protein
dark green - orange - drybeans
2 cups
28. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
one tspn salt or less
vitamin K
vitamin C - citrus fruits
cream cheese - cream or butter
29. Name six sources of grains
albumin levels
5.5 ounces/day
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
30. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
fats
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
liver and intestinal synthesis
31. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
fat soluble vitamins
liver and intestinal synthesis
300 cal/day increase
atrophy or wasting of muscle
32. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
4 calories/gram
apple is higher risk than a pear
prealbumin levels
atrophy or wasting of muscle
33. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
B and C
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
fats
apple is higher risk than a pear
34. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
2.5 cups
pregnant women or elderly
dairy and fortified foods
protein
35. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
5.5 ounces/day
trans fatty acid
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
36. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
milk - enriched grains
hemorrhage
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
fat soluble vitamins
37. What function is vitamin D?
300 cal/day increase
4 calories/gram
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
2 cups
38. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
antioxidant - immune function
4 calories/gram
one tspn salt or less
decrease in total lymphocyte count
39. What is RDA of protein?
protein
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
albumin levels
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
40. When does BMR increase?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
apple is higher risk than a pear
41. How many calories/gram is protein?
4 calories/gram
low albumin levels < 3.4
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
300 cal/day increase
42. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
fats
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
43. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
TPN total parenteral nutrition
one tspn salt or less
transferrin
44. What function is vitamin A?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
liver and intestinal synthesis
2 cups
45. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
one tspn salt or less
hemorrhage
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
vitamin C - citrus fruits
46. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
rickets - osteomalacia
4 calories/gram
transferrin
day week or month
47. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
apple is higher risk than a pear
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
2 cups
diet recall
48. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
cream cheese - cream or butter
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
apple is higher risk than a pear
49. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
milk - enriched grains
500 cal/day
can consume more calories without weight gain
50. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
B and C
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
diet recall
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
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